House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 7, 2003
- Committee actionJul 14, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2004 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3257.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3257, Western Reserve Heritage Areas Study Act” on July 29, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 14, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15877
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a832774eb5a22776ca44f636eb006747a4d714e1fd773a418779feaacaed9f0b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3257, Western Reserve Heritage Areas Study Act” on July 29, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 14, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15877
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a832774eb5a22776ca44f636eb006747a4d714e1fd773a418779feaacaed9f0b
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-642 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 7, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/642
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a832774eb5a22776ca44f636eb006747a4d714e1fd773a418779feaacaed9f0b
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3257, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Bob Ney (R-OH), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Ted Strickland (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Ryan.
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- H.R. 1168 (108th) Active Reservists and National Guard Student Loan Relief Act of 2003
- H.R. 2197 (108th) To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for Department of Defense funding of continuation of health benefits plan coverage for…
- H.Res. 348 (108th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to raise the awareness of alopecia areata.
- H.R. 2545 (108th) Blue-Collar Employee Relief Act of 2003
- H.Res. 337 (108th) Congratulating Ben Curtis on his outstanding accomplishment in winning the 2003 British Open golf tournament.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.